Tea Party Groups to GOP: Stay Away From Social Issues, Please

Tea Party Groups to GOP: Stay Away From Social Issues, Please
The Tea Party vote helped Republicans retake the House. So congressional Republicans can count on Tea Party support for their whole agenda, right? Wrong. A letter to presumptive Speaker John Boehner and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell urges Republican legislators to concentrate on foundational Tea Party principles--smaller government, lower taxes--and to sidestep divisive social issues ...
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Tea party groups have a warning
The tea party groups across America influenced tremendous victories in the mid-term elections. So, now what? Now is not the time to relax in triumph. Now is the time for Americans to continue to join the tea party patriots and hold the winners accountable for the promises they made.
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Regions Party member elected head of Sevastopol City Council
Regions Party representative Yuriy Doinykov has been elected the chairman of Sevastopol City Council.
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What high school courses are classified as "social studies" classes?

Question by Jes: What high school courses are classified as "social studies" classes?
I'm a junior and looking at colleges I want to visit this summer, and a lot of them require two years of "social studies" classes (separate from an additional 2 years of history classes). I'm just wondering what classes specifically would be considered social studies, since it's not the same thing as history?
I know my school offers psychology and sociology, but also mythology which I took freshman year, and I'm not sure if that's a social study.


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Answer by sara
That depends entirely on your state and school/school district. You can look at your school's website or go to your guidance councilor and find out.

ETA: You'd have to ask your guidance councilor, because it still totally depends on your district. Sorry I can't be of more help.

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Afghans in the City of Asterix: social media storytelling

Afghans in the City of Asterix: social media storytelling
Carlotta Mismetti Capua is an Italian journalist based in Rome. She has worked for Time Out, La Repubblica, E-Polis and Eat Magazine. Her City of Asterix Facebook story was awarded the Ischia Journalism Prize in the social media category.
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Social Networking Sparks Commuter Marriages (in Life)

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Social Networking Sparks Commuter Marriages (in Life)
Skype's great, but living apart can stress the planet as well as the couple. Second of two.
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At GWU town hall, Obama uses new technology to deliver a familiar message
Like a father trying to exhibit coolness to a wary teenager, President Obama has been making an elaborate effort to appeal to younger voters in the final weeks before the midterm elections.
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